Since their debut in 2007, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has become one of the most recognizable names in music.
“We’re really good friends with Papa Roach. “This tour has been in the making for, holy shit, for literally two, three years,” Bathory says. 9 in Glen Falls, N.Y., playing 21 cities chosen by fans in online polls conducted by FFDP and Papa Roach. Almost.”įFDP will spend the summer playing festivals and touring with Judas Priest in Europe, starting May 30 in Germany. But compared to that, this is almost easy. ’ That last one was a lot of work, but even that just kind of happened. But Ivan was like, ‘Oh, what a break! I don’t have to do 30. Everybody has something to say, so we came in with a lot of energy. “It’s pretty funny because we just did two, you know?” Bathory notes. 1 on the Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums charts and No. '”įive Finger Death Punch’s Master Plan to Catapult From Club Gigs to Arena Toursīathory laughs as he notes that Got Your Six is actually a somewhat modest proposition after the pair of Wrong Side of Heaven albums - both of which debuted at No.
You can drop your little ballads here and there, but we know what people like, and when we started everybody said, ‘Yeah, we need more of those. It’s the high-energy and midtempo songs that make the audience move and connect. “When you’re playing live shows you feel the energy of the crowd. “I think it’s coming from the live shows, yeah,” he says. It’s more faster and mid-tempo songs.” Bathory credits heavy touring with pushing FFDP in that direction. “There was a conscious effort that, ‘We don’t want to have too many slow songs,’ you know? We wanted a little bit of an uptempo record. “It’s a little bit more uptempo,” Bathory says of the new album, which is produced by Kevin Churko.